Measurement sense resources

Students answer questions about mixing quantities of powder and water to make a spray for rose bushes.

Students calculate the surface area and volume of a pyramid.

Students use a cross-section diagram of a canal to calculate area and volume.

Students use a diagram of, and information about oranges packed in a cylinder to calculate height, area and volume.

In this practical task, students measure two circular objects to find the circumference, diameter and the relationship between them (pi).

Students identify how many smaller square and rectangular units make up larger square and rectangular shapes.

Students calculate circumference, circular and square area of a road sign.

Students calculate perimeter, area and the surfaced area of a box of chocolate.

Students calculate the height of two cylinders given the radius, and identify a correct general statement about the relationship between radius and height for a given volume.

Students calculate volumes of composite shapes, showing their working.

Students work out the area of a circle and a fraction (Sector) of a circle.

Students calculate the volume of three different cuboid-shaped fish tanks given the height, length and width.

Students complete statements which explore the relationship between scale factor enlargements and length, area, and volume of 2 and 3 dimensional shapes.

Students calculate the area of a composite shape.

Students calculate the surface area of the sides and top of a cylinder, showing their working.

Students calculate the total volume of a cream carton, and the unused capacity when filled to 300ml.

Students use a diagram of, and information about a measuring cup (a cone) to calculate and answer questions about volume.

Students answer questions about a ball travelling a number of full circles in a game of swing ball.

Students calculate the volume of blocks in a cylinder, the cylinder and the space around the blocks.

Students use known diameters of tins to work out the floor area of a carton and a given number of tins.

Students calculate the area of a block of land and calculate a width given the area. The questions also involve working with hectares.

Students use diagrams of two boxes with given dimensions to calculate the volume of both boxes and the number of smaller boxes that could fit into one of the boxes.

Students calculate the areas of four composite shapes.

Students use a scale map to estimate the area of Antarctica and explain their method.

Students enlarge a shape on a grid and explore the relationship between scale factor and area.